EN 1.7362 Steel vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7362 steel and AISI 304L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7362 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 160 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 22 | |
| 6.7 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 250 | |
| 170 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 370 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 600 | |
| 540 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 360 | |
| 190 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 510 | |
| 540 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.4 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.5 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 69 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.9 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 110 | |
| 71 to 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 340 | |
| 92 to 1900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 19 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 91.5 to 95.2 | |
| 65 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 8.0 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |